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but only 600, or 15%, are actively breeding. so the exmoor pony society is creating a gene bank. they need 25 stallions to take part. we like to think of it as an insurance policy, so what we re doing is collecting seaman from stallions and we are trying to do a cross section of the whole breed, and that semen will be stored in a bank, and if anything goes wrong with the ponies or the breed as a whole, we have got something to go back to and recreate them, if you like. alan partridge is the first to perform. he is at a fertility clinic in suffolk. the project costs £100,000, and so far, they have raised half. scientists will pick different stallions across the gene pool to create a cross section of the breed.
today there are 4000 worldwide, but only 600 or 15% are actively breeding. so the exmoor pony society is creating a gene bank. they need 25 stallions to take part. we like to think of it as an insurance policy. so what we re doing is, is collecting semen from stallions and we re trying to do a cross section of the whole breed, and that semen will be stored in a bank. and then, heaven forbid, if the wheel comes off with any of the ponies or the breed as a whole, we ve got something to go back to. and, you know, we create them, if you like. alan partridge is the first to perform. he s at a fertility clinic in suffolk. the project costs £100,000, and so far they ve raised half. scientists will pick different stallions across the gene pool to create a nice cross section of the breed. well, they re very hardy